St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-22

aDle 10 unraVel case OF mysterious diSap
| pearance which happened not long ago in his
| jurisdiction, and the GLOBE which feels
| peculiarly friendly interest in Mr. Spiel, will
! proceed to tell him about it. At the time re-
| ferred to an offender against the peace and
| dignity of the city-a young fellow who was
rated simply as plain drunk--was delivered
into SpiePs custody to be locked up. Spiel
| led him back and put him in cell 4. Then he
found he had left his keys in the office and he
went forward to get them. The man was very
| passive, and had quietly seated himself in
| side the cell. A city hall attache. who was
| very fond of a joke, happened to be in the
| cell room-of which fact Mr.. Spiel was not
| aware. He hurriedly led the prisoner out of
cell 4, closed the door, and took him into cell
D, where he also concealed himself. Spiel
came back pretty soon and, without taking
the trouble to look in cell 4 to see if
his prisoner was there he locked the
door securely and went back to the Office.
The joker went out by side door SOON after,
leaving the man in No. asleep. After the
| lapse of an hour or two the joker returned
and awakened the sleeper. The latter had
pretty well sobered up, and was in good con-
dition again. He was led out the side door
and told to vamoosc, but to steer clear of SPIEL
He started off down the street, and, as luck
would have it, Numbered along by the win
dows of the Office in which Spiel was sitting.
Spiel saw him at once, and, with yell, sprang
up and started after him. His exit through
the door frightened the prisoner, and he
started off down the street at wild pace,
Spiel following in his wake. 1t was an excit-
| ing race. Spiel is getting well along in years
and is a trife stiff, but the flying prisoner
was lame in one leg and did not make good
progress. In consequence Spiel gradually
overhauled him and finally run him down.
Then came the mystification for Spiel. w hen
| he got back to the Jail he found the door of
cell No. securely locked-and he has never
| to this day known how the prisoner got out
though he has often wondered. Spiel made
critical examination of the bars and the lock,
but never figured out just how the man es-
| capped from the cell.
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| The people of st. Paul probably do not real
| ize the honorable distinction that has been
| accorded their city by the presence, at one
and the same time, of three of the ablest and
most noted journalists in the United States.
| The Gil o BE would suggest that the chamber
| OF commerce or the council take steps to
| show proper courtesy to these gentlemen by
| rendering them a banquet, at which they
would have an opportunity 10 meet our lead
INDEPENDENTS here awaiting the arrival of AL
| fred Sully,when some stupendous railroad en-
| terpriSes will be put under way which are of
| supreme Importance to the Northwest. Fran
Morrissey, of the Omaha Herald, is here on a
secret political mission. Congressman Nc
Shane, who recently purchased the paper, is
| quietly working UP vice presidential scheme
| in his own favor. MIR. McShane is Demo-
crat, but he believes Republican candidate
for vice president from Minnesota would in
| jure his chances very materially. Therefore
Mr.. Morrissey is sent to st. Paul to induce
Gov. McGill to draw off and re-
| nounce his avowed intention to become a
candidate. Gov. McGill is obdurate, how
ever, and 1t is not believed Mr.. Morrissey
will succeed. Last but not least of the trio
is Col. Frank Blain, the mastodon of Chicago
journalism, who has confidential relations
with Col William Penn Nixon, of the Inter
Ocean, and other literary, social and legal
luminaries. In connection with his news
paper wor COL Blain has for some time
made study of statistics relating to police
and fire departments. He is loaded to the
muzzle with knowledge on these subjects,
and has made the trip to St. Paul solely to
give pointers to Chiefs Clark and Black If
solicited Col Blain would consent to remain
over for brief period and re-organize the
two departmepts-if his board was paid He
doesn't ask for any compensation; it is
labor of love with him.
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1t is pleasant to note the growth aud pro-
gress of Col. ]. Newton Mind, in a CONNER
cial and business sense. He is now one of
the leading citizens of Minneapolis, occupy
ing q place in the esteem of his associates
which any man might envy. Col. Mind is an
active and Influential director of the board of
trade and yesterday made motion to lay
resolution on the table.
#~y
HOW THE JUDGE WAS APPOINTED.
At faro--so It's said-you can often get
stake
So that when player fails to remember all
his bets
You can gobble up a chi p-that's called a
sleeper.
And so it was with Nc, when the bets were
being made,
He remembered what he'd heard about his
pepper;
So while the judges covered all the cards
upon the table,
Nc quietly got his work IN on the Sleeper!
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| Charlie Broadwater, who is now in ST. Paul.
is one of the shrewdest business men and
| most companionable fellows in all this great
Northwest, and some day he is going to be
better known throughout the world than he